Throttle control



P. M. WAITE THROTTLE CONTROL Sept 3, 1946. 2,406,872

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' THROTTLE CONTROL Filed Dec. 4, 1942 S'SheetS-Sheet e Patented Sept. 3, 1946 "UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THROTTLE CONTROL Philip M. Waite, Corry, Pa.

A plication December 4, 1942, Serial No. 467,882

This invention relates to a control device for internal combustion engines and a variable pitch propeller operated by the engine, and is an improvement over the construction embodied in my copending application Serial Number 424,080, filed December 22, 1941.

An object of this invention is to provide a unitary control device which is adapted to regulate the normal throttle for the engine, to regulate the operation of the supercharger, and also to regulate the propeller pitch in proportion to the throttle and supercharger operation.

Another object of this invention is to provide in combination a movable throttle lever, a movable propeller pitch regulating lever, and means core related with both levers for effecting accelerated movement of the propeller, lever with respect to the throttl lever upon initial movement of the throttle lever in one direction, and subsequently effecting decelerated movement of the propeller lever with respect to the throttle lever during the latter portion of the movement of the latter lever in said one direction, the two levers having complete movement through equal length arcs.

A further object of this invention is to provide 4 Claims. (01. 74-471) in combination amovable throttle lever, a movable supercharger lever, and means correlated with both levers for initially effecting accelerated movement of said supercharger lever with respect to said throttle lever during the initial movement of the latter for effecting decelerated movement of said supercharger lever upon additional movement of said throttle lever, for arresting movement of said supercharger lever upon subsequent movement of said throttle lever, for effecting movement of both levers at the same speed upon final movement of said throttle lever to the extreme position of the latter lever, the supercharger lever being normally rearward of the throttle lever when the latter is at its extreme position,

but the supercharger'lever being capable of inin the accompanying drawings wherein are shown embodiments of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications may be resorted to which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a detail front elevation of a control constructed according to an embodiment of this invention,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the device,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-4 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2,

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 1 Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 'l-'! of Figure 2,

Figure 8 is a fragmentary side elevation of one of the secondary lever operators,

Figure 9 is a fragmentary side elevation of a modified form of secondary lever operator,

Figure 10 is a diagrammatic view showing the combination of the control with an internal combustion engine and a variable pitch propeller,

Figures 11 to 16 inclusive are diagrammatic views showing the several positions of the main and one of the secondary levers, and

Figures 17 to 20 inclusive are diagrammatic views showing the several positions of the main and the other of the secondary levers.

Figure 21 is a front elevation, partly in section, of a modified form of this invention;

Figure 22 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 22-22 of Figure 21, and

Figure 23 is a detail side elevation of the secondary lever used with the modification.

Referring to the drawings and first to Figures 1 to 8 inclusive, the numeral 25 designates generally a frame structure which includes a pair of inner and outer frame members 26 and 21 which are disposed in spaced apart relation. The frame member 26 includes a pair of upwardly divergent arms 28 and 29. which have formed integral with the lower or convergent ends thereof a bearing boss 3|]. The arm 28 is provided with a pair of outwardly extending ears 3| and 32 which are formed with openings 33 and 34 for receiving attaching bolts to secure the device on a suitable support. The arm 29 is provided with a pair of outwardly directed ears 35 and 35 having openings 31 and 38, respectively, for receiving attaching means to secure the device on a support.

adapted to be disposed about the frame members 26 and 2'! and includes a pair of upwardly divergent walls 44 and 45 which have formed integral with the upper ends thereof an arcuate wall/46. The lower end of the wall 44 is provided with a loop or tunnel 41 through which the bolt 42 is adapted to engage. The lower end of the wall 45 is formed with a loop or tunnel 48 through which the'bolt 4-3 is adapted to engage.

A front wall or plate 49 of substantially sector shape is adapted to engage against the front side of the front frame member 2-1, and a rear cover 59 is adapted to engage against the rear side of the rear frame member 26. The cap or' plate '49 'isformed wants marginal-flange 5| engaging abou't'the housing '52 formed by the walls 35, 35 and 46 and the .rear cover or plate 59 is for-med with a marginal flange 53 engaging about the rear marginal portion of the housing 52. The bolts 49 and 4| provide a means for securing the plates 49 and 59, respectively, and thefbol'ts 42 and 43 provide means for securing the. lowerportion of the plate 44 on the frame structure.

A main throttle lever 54 is rockably disposed within the frame structure 25 being rockably mounted on 'a tubular bearing member 55 which is disposed between the twoframe members 29 and '27. The lever '54 is provided at; upper end-with a knob 59 and is provided at its lower portion with a bearing '5'! rockably engaging the periphery of the sleeve or cylindrical bearing member 55. An extension 58 extends downwardly'from the bearing portion 51 of the lever 54 and provides a means for attaching the connections between the lever 54 and the throttle lever of the carburetor.

A pair of secondary levers 5 9 and 99 are rockably mounted on the cylindrical bearing member lever 59, and in the present instance, the lever 59 is connected with the supercharger structure. A spacing washer 92 is interposed between the lever 59 and the forward side of the rear frame member 29, and a second spacing member 53 is disposed on the forward side of the lever 59. A pair of friction washers 64 and 65 are interposed between the spacing washers52 and 93 and the adjacent sides of the lever 59. The bearing member 55 has mounted in an annular channel 95 thereof a disc-shaped plate 91 formed with a central opening 98 and the opposite or outer end of the bearing member 55 also has mounted in an annular channel 69 an outer disc-shaped plate 19. The plate 19 has .a central opening II and a bolt 72 is extended through the openings 58 and H in the disc members 61 and 19, respectively, and is also extended through openings i3 and I4 which are formed in the frame members 29 and 21. A nut I5 is threaded onto the outer end of the bolt 12 an'd provides a means whereby the desired friction may be applied to the levers 54, 59 and 99 to thereby hold these levers in their manually adjusted position with respect to the bearing member 55.

In order to provide a means whereby the secondary lever 59 may have differential movement with the movement of the main lever 54, I have provided a secondary lever operator 78 which is rockably mounted on the bearing member 55. The lower portion of the operator T6 is spaced from the rear side of the main lever 54 by means of a spacing ring or washer TI and friction Washers l8 and 19 are disposed on opposite sides of .the operator 19. The washer 78 is interposed between the ring or spacer I7 and the forward side of 'the operator I9 whereas the washer I9 is interposed between the spacing ring 63 and the rear side of the operator 16. The operator I9 is formed with a radially and outwardly extending body 89 which has formed therein an elongated slot 8|, the long axis of the slot 8| being radial to the axial center oft'he bearing member 55. The operator "I6 also includes a r'earwardly offset head 82, the details of which are shown in Figure 8.

The head 82 is provided with an arcuate outer edge portion 83 havinga notch or keeper 94 therein. The head 82 also includes oppositely extending wings 85, the outer edge portions 88 of which provide a cam surface, the purpose for which will be hereinafter described. The secondary lever 59 has mounted on thefor'ward' side thereof an elongated plate 8'! which is formed with upper and lower elongated openings 88 and 89. A rear reinforcing plate '99 engages against the rear side of the secondary lever 59'and the two lates 81 and 99 are secured'to the opposite faces of the lever 59 by upper and lower bolts or fastening members 9| and 92. The plate '81 constitutes a latching plate and has secured to the forward side thereof a block 93 which is formed at its lower end with a pawl or tooth 94 engageable in the notch 84. The plate 8'! at its upper end is formed with a finger engaging member 95 and.- is also provided with a pair of oppositely extending e'ars'95 and 97. The rear plate 99 is formed with a pair o'f ears 98 and 99 and a pair of springs I99 and I9I are connected to the ears of the two plates 8'! and 99 andiconsta'ntly urge the f-orwardl'atching plate 81 inwardly to normally maintain the bolt or tooth 94 in the keeper er notch 84.

The mainlever 54 has rockably mounted thereon a pair of bell cranks I92 and I93, the bell cranks being mounted on pivot means comprising a headed sleeve I94 which is extendedthrough the lever 54 and a headed screw "I95 which is threaded into the sleeve I94. Anti-friction balls of'conventional construction are interposed be tween the heads of the sleeve I94, the bolt I and the adjacent sides of the bell cranks I92 and 9'9 and the adjacent sides of the'lever 5d. The bell crank I-'92 has rotatably mounted on one arm thereof aroller I96 which engages in the elongated opening 8|. The other arm of the bell crank I92 has rotatably mounted thereon a roller I 9"! which engages in a cam track I99 which is formed in a longitudinally arcuate cam plate I991. 'The cam plate I99 is mounted'in the opposite ends thereof on the bolts '39, and preferably, a spacing sleeve H9 is interposed between the rear side of the cam plate I99 and the rear frame member 29.

The cam track I98 adjacent one end thereof is formed with an enlarged track III, the purpose for which will be hereinafter described.

This enlarged track portion III extends inwardly from the inner edge of the track I08 as shown in Figure 4. The cam track I08 provides a means whereby the bell crank I02 will be rocked on the pivotal support thereof carried by the main lever 54 when the main lever 54 is rocked or moved and the particular configuration of the track I08 will determine the particular differential. movement effected between the main lever 54 and the. secondary lever 59.

7 Referring now to Figures 11 to 16 inclusive, the differential movement provided between the two levers 54 and 59 arediagrammatically laid out. In Figure 11 the twolevers are in their starting position and are laterally disposed in the same-plane. In Figure 12 it will be noted that the secondary lever 59 is forwardly of the main lever 54, the camtrack I08 being of such configuration as to provide for an accelerated movement of the secondary lever 59 for a portion of the movement of the main lever 54 from its initial starting position. In the present instance, the secondary. lever 59 is accelerated through'an are greater than the arc of the movement of the main lever 54 and the secondary lever 59 is in substantially .a vertical position, In Figure 13 it will be noted that further movement of the main lever 54 from the dotted line position to the full line position will provide for a decelerated movement of the secondary lever 59, the secondary lever at this point being. laterally in the same plane of the main lever 54. Further movement of the main lever 54, as shown in Figure 14, will provide for the independent movement of the main lever 54 with the secondary lever 59 stationary. Additional movement of the main leve 54 from the position shown in Figure 14 tothe full line position shown in Figure 15 will provide for a substantially equal movement between the two levers 54 and 59. The position shown in Figure 15 is the final position of the main lever 54 and the full line position of lever 59 is the normal position of the secondary lever 59 when operated solely by the bell crank I02. If itis desired to move the secondary lever 59 forwardly an additional distance or in the same lateral plane as the main lever 54, the secondarylever 59 may be pushed forwardly, this independent movement of the secondary lever 59 being permitted by the downwardly offset cam track portion III.

As the secondary lever 59 is independently moved forwardly from its normal forward position, the bell crank I02 will rock on the pivot thereof and the roller I01 will swing downwardly into the offset track portion I I I. This is accomplished without unlatching the secondary lever 59 from the operator 13. The extreme forward position of the secondary lever 59 is shown in Figure 16 where the lever 59 is in the same lateral plane as the lever 54. The secondary lever 50 which is provided at its upper end with a knob I I2 is adapted to have differential movement with respect to the main lever 54 under the swinging or rotary action of an operator I I3 which is similar in every detail to the operator 16.

The-lever 60 has slidable lengthwise thereof a dog or pawl I I4 engageable in the notch of the operator H3 in the same manner as the engagement of the pawl 94 in the notch 84 of the head 92. The bell crank I03 has a roller II5 on one arm thereof which is disposed in an elongated opening IIB formed in the operator 3. The bell crank I 03 also has a second roller I I1 mounted on the other arm thereof which is movable in. an elongated cam track II8 formed in a cam plate H9. The cam plate H9 is spaced from the cam plate I09 by a spacing sleeve I20 and is spaced from the forward frame member 21 by means of a spacing sleeve I2I. The pawl H4 is fixed to a pawlcarrier or elongated plate I122 which is spring-pressed by means of a pair of springs I23 to latching position. The upper end of the carrier I22 is provided with a finger engaging member I24 disposed in inwardly spaced relation with respect to the knob I24. The finger engaging member is also inwardly spaced from a knob I25 which is mounted on the outer end of the secondary lever 59.

A spacing fring I26 is interposed between the operator H3 and the forward side of the lever 54 and anti-friction washers I21 and I28 are interposed between the spacer I26 and the lever 54 and the ring I26 and the operator II3 respectively. A friction ring I29 is interposed between the spacing ring 11 and the rear side of the lever 54. A spacing ring I30 is interposed between the operator 1 I3 and the secondary lever 60, and a friction washer I 3| is interposed between the rear side of the ring I30 and the forward side of the operator II3. A friction washer I32 is interposed between the forward side of the spacer I30 and the rear side of the secondary lever 60.

A supplemental lever I33 is rockably mounted on the bearing member 55 forwardly of the secondary lever 60 and is spaced from the secondary lever 30 by means of a spacing ring I34. A friction washer I35 is interposed between the rear side of the spacing ring I34 and the forward side of the lever 60 and a friction ring I36 is interposed between the forward side of the spacer I34 and the rear side of the supplemental lever I33. A forwardly disposed spacing ring I31 is interposed between the forward side of the lever I 33 and the lower portion of the frame member 21. A friction washer I38 is interposed between the spacer I31 and the forward side of the lever I33. The lever I33 at its upper end is provided with a forwardly projecting or right angular portion I39 which projects through an elongated arcuate slot I40 formed in the cover plate 49. A knob I 4| is mounted on the forwardly projecting portion I39 of the lever I33 and is Zlsposed in forwardly spaced relation to the plate A longitudinally arcuate indicia bearing plate I42 is mounted on the forward side of the plate 49 adjacent the upper portion thereof and is provided with segments I43, I44 and I45 bearing indicia to indicate the action produced by the lever I33 in a selected one of its several positions. The plate 49 adjacent the upper portion thereof may be formed with a cutout I46, shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, through which the knob I 4| may be extended at the time the cover plate 49 is applied to the frame structure. The plate 49 may be also provided with a forwardly offset lower portion I41 which extends about the forward end of the bolt 12 and the nut 15.

The lever I 33 is movable rearwardly of an elongated latching bar I41 which is secured between the upwardly divergent arms of the forward frame member 21. The bar I41 is provided between the ends thereof with a pair of rearwardly extending lugs I48 and I49. The lugs I48 and I49 are provided with cam-shaped rear sides I50 and I 5|, respectively, so that when the lever I33 is rocked on the bearing member 55, the lever I33 will ride over the cam face I50 and be disposed in the space I52 between the two lugs I48 and I49. When the lever I33 is to be moved out of asoasva the space I42. it must be forcibly pushed inwardly from the upper end thereof, the lever I33 being of resilient material permitting it to be sprung rearwardly and when held in its rearward position, the lever I33 may then be rocked forwardly an additional distance as for instance, to the position shown in Figure 7. When the lever I33 is riding over either one of the cam portions I56 and II, the particular cam portion will forcibly bend the lever I33 until the .lever drops on one side or the other of the cam portion. The lever I33 constitutes a mixture regulator for regulating the quantity of gasoline mixed with the air in the carburetor.

Referring now to Figure 9, there is disclosed amodified form of secondary lever operator I53 which .is formed with a head I54 similar to the head 82 with the exception that the head I54 .is .formed with a plurality of notches I55. The notches I55 provide a means whereby a secondary lever may be manually adjusted to any selected position with respect to the main lever so that the particular secondary lever may be either forwardly or rearwardly of the main lever 54 in the starting positions of these levers. It will, of course, be understood that the selected adjustment of a secondary lever in its starting position. will also effect the final position of the particular secondary lever produced by the cam tracks I68 and H8.

iIn Figures 17 to inclusive, there are disclosed diagrammatically the several positions of the secondary lever 56 with respect to the main lever 54. In Figure 17, two levers 54 and 65 are at the starting position and are laterally in the same plane. The cam track I i8 is so constructed as to provide for the initial accelerated movementof the secondary lever 65, the extent of this movement being shown in Figure 18. In this figure, it will be noted that the main lever 54 has moved only for a very small portion of the distance from its starting position, whereas the secondary lever has moved a considerable distance beyond the position of the main lever 54.

Additional forward movement of the main lever 54 will provide for equal movement of the secondary lever 66, as shown in Figure 19 in full lines, and further forward movement of the main lever 54 as shown in full lines in Figure 20 will provide for a decelerated movement for the lever 66, the latter lever laggin behind in its movement and finally terminating its forward movement at the forward terminal end of the movement of the main lever 54. The secondary lever 60 is adapted to be connected to a pitch changing mechanism, formed as part of a propeller structure, and the accelerated movement of the lever 60 is provided in order to actuate the pitch changing mechanism to the desired degree during the speeding up of the engine.

In Figure 10 there is disclosed an internal combustion engine I56 having a propeller I51 connected to the shaft I58 thereof, and a pitch changing mechanism I59 of conventional construction forms part of the propeller I51. A supercharger shown diagrammatically at ISO is connected with the engine I56, and a conventional carburetor I6I is also connected with the engine I56. The secondary lever 59 is connected by means of a suitable linkage I62 to the supercharger !63 and the main throttle lever 54 is connected by a linkage I63 to the main throttle of the carburetor I6I. A linkage I54 connects the secondary propeller pitch adjusting lever 65 to the pitch changing mechanism I59.

In the use and operation of this control device, in the starting positions of the main lever 54 and the two secondary levers 59 and 60, all of these levers will be disposed at the extreme left position shown. in Figures .11 and 17. .Forward movement of the main lever I54 to the right or in a clockwise direction will cause initial accelerated movement of the secondary levers 59 and 58 as shown diagrammatically in Figures 12 and 18 for one phase or cycle of the main lever 54. Additional forward movement of the main lever 54 through another cycle will effect a decelerated movement of the secondary lever 59 and an equal movement of the lever 60. Further forward movement of the main lever 54 will be effected without movement of the secondary lever .59, as shown in Figure .14, and in this same movement, the secondary lever 60 will be on its deceleration cycle. Further movement of the lever 54 to its extreme right position, which is the position shown in Figure 15, will move the lever 59 at the same speed and through the same are and in this are of movement of the main lever 54, the secondary lever 60 will be on the final movement of the deceleration cycle, the latter lever being coplanar with the lever 54., as shown in Figure 20.

Lever 59 will be rearwardly of the lever 54, as shown in Figure 15 during the normal operation of the lever 54. However, if it is desired to move lever 59 forwardly an additional distance, this may be accomplished by manually rocking the lever 59 forwardly to the position shown in Figure 16. Where it is desired to move one of the secondary levers, as for instance, lever 59 independent of the main lever 54, this may be accomplished by unlatching the secondary lever 59 from the operator 16. If, as an example, the secondary lever 59 is moved forwardly from its starting position, the pawl 94 is pulled out of the notch 84 and the operator 16 remains stationary. When the main lever 54 is subsequently moved forwardly the pawl or dog 94 will ride over the cam face 86 of the head 82 and will drop into the notch 84 when the operator '16 is moved by means of the bell crank I02 to its normal position with respect to the secondary lever 59.

Further movement of the main lever 54 will move the secondary lever 59 therewith through the normal cycles of movement of the lever 59 remaining to the terminal end of the movement of the lever 54. It will -be of course understood that the cam tracks I93 and II8 may be varied in their longitudinal configuration to provide for the 'desired'cycles of movement of the secondary levers with respect to the main lever.

The control herein disclosed has been designed particularly for use in airplanes to provide for a single control to operate the main throttle. the supercharger and also the pitch changing mechanism of the propeller. With this control, the operator need only use one hand in effecting complete control of the operation of the engine and the other hand may be used for any other desired controls.

Referring now to Figures 21 to 23 inclusive, the numeral I designates generally a frame structure which includes a rear frame member I66 and a forward frame member I61. The frame members 166 and I61 are of like construction and each includes a pair of upwardly divergent arms I68 and IE9 which are connected together at their upper divergent ends by means of an arcuate connecting bar I16. The divergent ends of the arms I68 and I69 are formed integral with fastening means I 1-5., The lower portio-nof the frame I95 is'held in spaced relation by means of spacer members 616 secured between the ears I 12 and I13 by fastening members I11.

A cylindrical hub or pivot member I18 is disposed between the plates I11 and the opposite ends of the stationary pivot member I18 are provided with recesses I19 in which a plate I89 engages. A bolt I8I extends through the center of the end plates Ill and also through the plates I89 and is provided at one end thereof with a nut I82 so that the plates I89 may be pushed inwardly to apply the desired friction on the respective levers which are pivotally mounted on the stationary cylindrical member I18.

A main lever I83 which is provided with a ringshaped hub I84 is rockably mounted on the cylindrical member I19 and is provided at its lower end with an extension I85 formed with a plurality of openings I86 to which suitable connections may be secured to provide for the desired operation of the parts connected with the main lever I83. The lever I93 is disposed in forwardly spaced relation to the rear plate I81 formed by the rear frame member I69 by means of one or more cylindrical spacer members I88. The spacer member or members I89 are mounted on the stationary member I18 and a friction washer I89 is interposed between the spacer member I88 and the rear side of the hub I84 of the main lever I83.

A secondary lever generally designated as I99 is rockably mounted on the stationary member I18 forwardly of the main lever I83. The secondary lever I99 as shown in Figure 23 is constructed in the form of a bell crank, being provided with a ring-shaped hub I 9| which rockably engages the stationary member I18 and the hub 19! has a radially disposed arm I92 provided with openings I93 for receiving conections to the desired parts operated by the lever I99. The lever I99 also includes an arm I94 disposed at right angles to the arm I92 and provided adjacent the outer end portion thereof with an opening I95. The secondary lever I99 is adapted to be rocked with the rocking or swinging movement of the main lever I83 by means of a pivoted cam element I99. The cam element I96 includes a cam plate I91 which is formed with a cam track I 98. The cam plate I91 is provided with an elongated extension or arm I99 which is pivotally mounted on one of the securing members or bolts I15. The cam plate 31 at the opposite end thereof has pivotally secured thereto as at 299 the upper end of a link 29I. The lower end of the link 29! is pivotally secured as at 202 to the arm l94, the pivot member 292 engaging in the opening I95.

The main lever 883 has mounted on the forward side thereof a roller 293 which movably engages in the cam track I99. The roller 293 is mounted on a pivot member 294 which is carried by the forward side of the main lever I83. It will of course be understood that one or more secondary levers may be mounted on the stationary pivot member I18, it only being necessary to duplicate the construction shown in Figure 22 on the opposite or left side of the main lever I83. The desired rocking movement of the secondary 1b lever- I99 is determined by the configuration of the cam track I98."

- In thepresent instance, the cam track I98 is formed at the left end thereof with an arcuate cam portion 295 which extends upwardly and thenmergesas-at 296 in a reversely curved cam portion 291. This latter reverseiy curved portion 281 provides for the decelerated movement of the secondary lever I99 during the latter part of the rocking movement of the main lever I83. The upwardly curved cam portion 285 provides for the accelerated rocking or movement of the secondary lever I99 during the initial rocking or movement of the main lever I 83.

The operation of the modified form of control shown in Figures 21 to 23 inclusive is similar to that in the preferred form in that the main lever I83 at its starting position will be disposed at the extreme left of Figure 21. In this position the secondary lever I99 will have the arm I94 thereof raised and as the main lever is moved to the right, the cam plate I91 will be rocked downwardly, the configuration of th cam portion 295 being such as to provide for rocking of the secondary lever I99 at a speed slightly greater than the rocking or swinging of the main lever I83. When the roller 293 engages in the merging portion 296 between the cam portions 295 and 291, the cam plate I91 will be substantially motionless but when the roller 293 engages in the reversely curved cam portion 291, the cam plate I91 will eifect movement of the secondary lever I99 at a speed less than the movement of the main lever I83.

What I claim is:

l. A control device comprising a main lever, a secondary lever, an operator for said secondary lever, latch means connecting said operator with said secondary lever, a bell crank pivotally carried by said main lever, means carried by said bell crank engageable with said operator for moving said operator upon rocking of said bell crank, and stationary cam means engageable with said bell crank to eifect rocking of the latter upon movement of said main lever.

2. A control device comprising a main lever, a secondary lever, an operator for said secondary lever, a notched head carried by said operator, 2. spring-pressed latching dog carried by said secondary lever engageable with the notch of said head, a bell crank pivotally carried by said main lever, means carried by said bell crank engageable with said operator for moving said operator upon rocking of said bell crank, and stationary cam means engageable with said bell crank to effect rocking of the latter upon movement of said main lever.

3. A control device comprising a pair of secondary levers, a main lever, and means correlated with said secondary and main levers providing a differential movement of said secondary levers relative to said main lever, said means including means providing differential movement of one secondary lever relative to the other secondary lever, said first mentioned means also including releasable latching means whereby one secondary lever may be moved independently of the other secondary lever or the main lever.

4. A control device comp-rising a main rock lever, a secondary rock lever swingable about the pivot of said main lever, and means correlated with both of said levers, providing differential movement of said secondary lever with respect to said main lever, said secondary lever moving in the same direction as and upon movement of 11. said, main lever, said levers being initially positioned in substantially side by side relation, said means being so constructed and arranged that said levers will also be positioned in substantially side. by side relation at the end of their move ment, said means including a stationary cam, a rock member carried by said main lever, means carried. by said rock member engaging said cam whereby to rock said rock member upon movement of said main lever, and a second means carried by said rock member operatively connected with said secondary lever whereby rocking of said rock member will also move said secondary lever.

PHILIP M. WAITE. 

